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Are you ready for a mystery? Get ready to unleash your inner sleuth. Every day Monday-Saturday, we feature a different detective audio drama from the Golden Age of Radio. Our current mystery-solving line-up of radio detectives includes The Adventures of the Falcon, Ellery Queen, Dangerous Assignment, Mr. Chameleon, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, and Dragnet.
Whether you want to listen to a mystery before going to sleep or enjoy some drama while driving, or just feel nostalgia for old-school radio fiction, we have you covered with six audio dramas every week.
Podcast Award finalist Host Adam Graham has been your guide through dozens of old-time radio detective series since 2009. He provides insightful commentary and humor after each episode and responds to listener questions and feedback. You can subscribe to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from your favorite podcast app or by visiting our website at http://www.greatdetectives.net.
We are currently in our fifteenth season of provided suspenseful mystery dramas. Our podcast feed captures the last 1,000 episodes we've released including all of seasons thirteen and fourteen, and part of season twelve. We have created two archive feeds: Volume 1, which features our first three seasons and Volume 2, which will feature seasons four through six.
Our feed includes old time radio recorded in Los Angeles, New York, and also Australia.
The current actors featured in our old time radio detective podcast include Les Damon, Bob Bailey, Brian Donlevy, Karl Swenson, Sidney Smith, and Jack Webb. Other actors featured within the past 1,000 include Howard Duff, Glenn Langan, Herbert Marshall, Santos Ortega, Gerald Mohr, Joel McCrea, Jackson Beck, and more.
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Dragnet: The Big Boys (EP4376)
Today's Mystery: Friday and Romero get a tip on four young fugitive gunmen from San Francisco.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 16, 1950
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Harry Bartell
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Rasmussen Matter (EP4375)
Today's Mystery: Johnny searches Los Angeles for the widow of an insured man who died in Malaya, and whose father-in-law desperately wants to meet her.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 16, 1956
Originating from HollywoodStarring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Jeanne Tatum; Eric Snowden; Roy Glenn; Will Wright; Frank Nelson; Jack Kruschen
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Mr. Chameleon: The Bizarre Motive Murder Case (EP4374)
Today's Mystery:The fiancée of a classical musician is murdered at one of his concerts.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 22, 1949
Originated from New York CityStarring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon
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Dangerous Assignment: A Trap in Freedom House (EP4373)
Today's Mystery:Steve goes to London to investigate an apparent traitor at an organization that's supposed to help refugees from behind the Iron Curtain, but is instead getting them sent back.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 22, 1953
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Jan Arvan; Jean Tatum; Jeanne Bates; Tony Barrett; Paul Dubov
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Patreon Supporter of the Day:Ryan, Patreon Supporter since May 2023
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The Thin Man: The Moon Murder (EP4372)
Today's Mystery:Nick and Nora are hoping for romance under a full moon. Instead, they stumble across a dead man being buried in the middle of the street.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 25, 1945
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Patreon Supporter of the Day: Luce, Patreon Supporter Since April 2021
Originating in New York
Starring: Les Tremayne as Nick Charles; Claudia Morgan as Nora Charles; Larry Haines
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.